Washington Post average daily print circulation drops to 97,000, with roughly 160,000 on Sundays
According to data provided to Washington City Paper by the Alliance for Audited Media, The Washington Post’s paid average daily circulation “is now down to just 97,000, with roughly 160,000 on Sundays. That’s a fraction of the 250,000 average daily circulation five years ago, when the Post was one of the largest newspapers in the country by circulation.”
In addition, states City Paper, the Post is merging its Metro, Sports, and Style sections into one for the print edition on most days.
In a note to print subscribers, Executive Editor Matt Murray said the consolidation would not mean fewer stories. Rather, he is attempting to soften the paper’s shrinking of its local coverage as a “reordering of our sections to improve our efficiency in a way that serves journalism and bolsters the strength of our print paper.”
According to City Paper, “The news was the latest grim memo for Post staff and readers, who have endured a series of humiliations and retrenchments as owner Jeff Bezos attempts to curry favor with convicted felon and President Donald Trump.
“The Grahams said this was a local paper with an international reputation,” longtime Post columnist and editor Robert McCartney says. “Bezos has changed that.”
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